New Delhi: The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats. The committee will be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind and will have Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader…
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident case, officials said. The CBI had arrested the three — senior section engineer (Signals) Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Amir…
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday released an “Arop Patra” (chargesheet) against the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh, accusing it of indulging in scams and loot, and committing atrocities against the people of the state, where elections are due by the year-end. He also accused Chief Minister Baghel of making Chhattisgarh an “ATM of…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday hailed the launch of Aditya-L1 as a “stupendous achievement” for India, as it shared a timeline of the mission from its conceptualisation for understanding of the “continuity in the ISRO saga”. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday launched the country’s ambitious solar mission Aditya L1, eyeing history again…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation and its scientists on the successful launch of the country’s first solar mission. “Our tireless scientific efforts will continue in order to develop better understanding of the universe for the welfare of entire humanity,” he said on ‘X’. ISRO on Saturday launched…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the nation is proud and delighted over the successful launch of the Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, and hailed the scientists associated with it. The Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday launched the Aditya-L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayaan-3, a few days…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Tharman Shanmugaratnam on his election as president of Singapore. He said on X, “I look forward to working closely with you to further strengthen the India-Singapore Strategic Partnership. Tharman scored a landslide victory in the presidential election held on Friday. The 66-year-old Singaporean economist, who is of…
New Delhi: There is consensus among the G20 nations on all issues except the Ukraine conflict and the contentious matter should be removed from the draft of the leaders’ communique to pave the way for its release at the bloc’s summit next week, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said on Friday. The envoy said Russia has been…
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is deploying frontline fighter jets, radars, anti-drone systems and surface-to-air missiles as part of its elaborate efforts to secure the skies of Delhi and neighbouring regions for the G20 summit next week, military sources said on Friday. The IAF has already set up a dedicated Operations Direction Centre…
New Delhi: If India adopts “one nation one poll” model, any vacancy caused by a collapse of the government — either at the Centre or state — would have to be filled by an alternative government for the remainder of the five-year term, the Election Commission had said. This can happen either by the opposition proving…
